Columbus remained active as they sent winger Dante Salituro to Minnesota for centreman Jordan Schroeder.

Philadelphia moved Brayden Schenn to St. Louis for Jori Lehtera, St. Louis’ 1st-round pick in the draft (27th overall) and a conditional 1st round pick in 2018.

Pittsburgh moved Oskar Sundqvist and its 1st round pick in the Draft (31st overall) to St. Louis for tough guy Ryan Reaves and St. Louis’ 2nd-round pick (51st overall).

NICO HISCHIER MAKES HISTORY

By going first overall, Nico Hischier becomes the highest drafted Swiss player in the league’s history. Hischier was also the highest drafted player that was not born in North America since the Oilers took Nail Yakupov first overall in 2012.

RECORD NUMBER OF FINNS SELECTED IN FIRST ROUND

Six Finnish-born prospects were chosen on Friday night – Miro Heiskanen (#3, Dallas), Juuso Valimaki (#16, Calgary), Urho Vaakanainen (#18, Boston), Kristian Vesalainen (#24, Winnipeg), Henri Jokiharju (#29, Chicago) and Eeli Tolvanen (#30, Nashville) – which is a new record for Finns in the first round of the NHL Draft. The previous mark of five was set in 2002.

The breakdown of the first round by birthplace:

Canada (11)

Finland (6)

USA (6)

Sweden (4)

Czech Republic (2)

Russia (1)

Switzerland (1)

WHERE DID THEY COME FROM?

In total, 14 different leagues were represented in the first round of the 2017 NHL Draft with the 31 selections coming from:

I don’t agree…theyve got a great group of dmen that will be tough to play against. Decent contracts to boot. I’d say it makes them a better team, although I’m not sold on the Mike Smith deal. They don’t have prospects which will impact their future, but they believe in the present…theyre going to be a good team.

The Goaltending was not the problem last year it was defense. Hamonic has to have a back bounce year to be of any help, and he sucked last year, and ( personal problems have plagued him). Smith was another bad deal and will be shell shocked by Christmas. No playoffs for the flames for a long time with this team. Good news is that Burke will lead them to the promised land Quebec or Seattle.

Ummm, if the Oilers pick 32 next year (and assuming its their own pick) but not first, that means they finished with the worst record in the league but lost the draft lottery. I am hoping you meant they pick 31…